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A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)

by Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)

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Brewed with Love

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Some of Us Are Brave

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“I have a tingly feeling that I get when there are books all around me. The library! I know it's geeky, but I love it. Just sitting between the shelves of books, reading - it's the safest feeling.”
― Nick Lake, There Will Be Lies

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“The good guys aren't all good, the bad guys aren't all bad and any character wholly one or the other shouldn't exist at all.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

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“People will come up with a hundred thousand reasons why other people do not count as human, but that does not mean anyone has to listen.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Tell the Wind and Fire

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“Is it possible to be wiser on the page than you are in life? I'm hoping so.”
― Walter Kirn, Up in the Air

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“... it's a lie that people are scared of being alone, because what we fear is being abandoned. You can choose to be alone, but no one chooses to be left.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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